Trump’s Big Lie that Democrats stole the Presidential election is poisoning Republican minds against democracy itself. Could a future Republican Congress simply refuse to confirm an elected Democrat as President in 2024? Would Democrats willingly hand power to a victorious Republican – possibly Trump himself – who was openly committed to curtailing democracy? Georgetown public policy professor Donald Moynihan looks at these nightmare scenarios and explains why American democracy is in critical danger.

• “The Big Lie is not a marginal idea… Some 55 to 70% of Republicans believe that Trump won the election.”

• “If these ideas remain dominant it could lead to the end of democracy as we know it in the United States.”

• “The Republican Party hasn’t bothered with a sensible autopsy like in 2012 because it’s committed to this Big Lie.”

• Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison with Ayesha Hazarika and Justin Quirk. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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